Just a quick run through of where our Spotlight players are as season 1905 kicks off:
Ed Head spent the entire 1904 season at Shreveport, where he went 9-15 with an ERA of 3.40, and is back there again this year. His rating suggest his days in the bigs are over.
Otto Hess got just 3.1 innings of work at the Cards in 1904, and played the rest of the year for Houston in the PSL. I’m saddened to report that poor old Otto, who never seems to take a trick, has suffered an early-season injury playing back at Newark, and looks likely to miss some time.
Curt Roberts was cut by Wichita Falls at the end of last season and is a free agent at the time of writing.
Arnold Hauser remains at Wichita Falls, and has so far hit .239 with 2 HR and 5 RBI in 67 AB.
Rawmeat Bill Rodgers is at Reading but has yet to make an appearance in 1905.
Dave Rozema pitched the grand total of one-third of an inning for Detroit in ’04 and has begun this season at their PSL affiliate Fort Worth, where he has gone 0-0 with a 2.08 ERA in 8+ innings.
Dickey Kerr, Harry Lumley and Johnny Broaca each continue to prosper at the major league level and I’m sure you’ll see their names feature in the recaps throughout the year.
Craig Shipley has started his 1905 PSL campaign well, hitting .375 with 2 dingers and 4 ribsters for Cedar Rapids.
Cy Seymour and Ray Starr have hung up their cleats.
More updates later in the year.
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